A Study of the Correlations between Renal Biopsy and other Diagnostic Investigations in «Primary» and «Superimposed» Pyelonephritis

Bonomini, V.; Dalmastri, G; Migliori, V.; Mioli, V; Zucchelli, P

doi:10.1159/000279222

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“…Bonomini et al [7], in a study of 604 renal biopsies, reported the prevalence of superimposed pyel onephritis to be 26.6% in diabetes mellitus, 23.6% in essential hypertension, 8.3% in atherosclerosis, 5.4% in collagen diseases, and 6.7% in GN patients. Leonard et al [5] reported that 15 (18%) of 82 GN patients were found to have bacteriuria during the study period.…”

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Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Health and Glomeruionephropathies

Phanichphant¹,

Boonpucknavig²

1986

Nephron

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In a comparative study of prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria in a Thai population, 1.4% of 955 apparently healthy adults (12 female and 1 male) were found to have positive urine culture. Of these, 6 individuals grew staphylococcal coagulase-negative, 3 grew E. coli, and the rest grew various other organisms. Among 176 patients with glomeruionephropathies (GNP), 20.5% (17 male and 16 female) yielded positive urine cultures. These included 18 positive for E. coli, 3 for staphylococcal coagulase-negative, 5 for Klebsiella and 3 for Enterobacter; the rest grew various other organisms. There was a higher overall prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria in GNP when compared to the controls. Heavy proteinuria is also a predisposing factor for an increase in the prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria in female GNP only.

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Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Health and Glomeruionephropathies

Phanichphant¹,

Boonpucknavig²

1986

Nephron

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“…Use of RB (fine-needle) in acute pyelonephritis was reported in a recent scientific publication [20]. Apart from the above-referenced papers, no other studies based on RB in acute pyelonephrities are known to us, while in chronic pyelonephritis no other large-scale studies performed abroad later than in the 1960s [21] have been found. Furthermore, the concept of informed consent has not been sufficiently known and observed in the former SU.…”

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Renal Biopsy Research in the Former Soviet Union: Prevention of a Negligent Custom

Jargin

2013

ISRN Nephrology

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Insufficient international coordination of medical research and partial isolation from the international scientific community can result in repetition of research already performed in other countries. Renal biopsy was broadly used for research in the former Soviet Union. It was performed, sometimes without sufficient clinical indications, in patients with amyloidosis, renovascular hypertension (from both kidneys: on the side of the renal artery stenosis and the contralateral one), chronic alcoholism, and acute and chronic pyelonephritis (intraoperative wedge and core biopsies). In chronic alcoholism, biopsies were taken from kidneys, pancreas, salivary glands, stomach, lung, skin, and liver, sometimes repeatedly. The classification of glomerulonephritis was different from those used internationally, for example, it did not include IgA nephropathy as a separate entity. Several examples of studies based on renal biopsies are discussed in this paper. A conclusion is however optimistic: the upturn in economy enables today to modernize equipment and introduce new methods, while broadening international cooperation facilitates the flow of foreign experience into the country. The purpose of this paper was to prevent inadequate use of renal biopsy in future.

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